JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, OCTOBER 2000
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                          Metric tons            Million yen     
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Fishery Products    Oct. 2000   Oct. 1999    Oct. 2000  Oct. 1999
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Live:
Eel, adult                651         347         533        286
Others                    872         768       1,170      1,107
Fresh
Pacific sockeye             -           -           -          -
Pacific coho                -           -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       73          80          51         62
Atlantic salmon         2,202       1,984       1,225      1,244
Yellowfin tuna          2,917       2,503       2,093      1,841
Bluefin tuna              701         900       2,430      3,246
Bigeye tuna             1,738       2,112       1,394      1,813
Southern bluefin tuna      73         225         120        486
Sea bream                 155         128          99         84
Billfish                  133         161          83        148
Frozen                       
Swordfish                 150         128         113        110
Pacific sockeye         4,960       7,072       2,433      3,990
Pacific coho              627       1,866         240        839
Other Pacific salmon      956       3,004         247        477
Pink salmon             6,358       5,702       2,501      3,330
Atlantic salmon           574         606         273        305
Other salmon               45         186          23         94
Halibut                 2,414       2,715         889      1,033
Albacore tuna             268         240          66         57
Yellowfin tuna          8,758       4,115       2,137      1,117
Skipjack                4,710       6,108         233        422
Bluefin tuna              155         404         196        497
Bigeye tuna             8,958       5,105       5,702      4,226
Herring                   509         133          34         12
Cod                     2,484       1,502         802        447
Mackerel                9,852      10,404         993      1,314
Mero                      585         411         402        356
Jack mackerel           3,093       6,484         368        735
Sea bream                 227         656          63        154
Capelin                 1,328       1,790         318        335
Billfish                  458         458         136        125
Spanish mackerel           73          42          22         13
Rockfish                3,044       3,923         726        893
Sablefish               2,136       1,626       2,203      1,440
Herring roe             2,040       1,592         944        598
Pollock roe               825         962       1,484        770
Mero, fillet              885         897         998      1,141
Swordfish, fillet         105         113          58         59
Pollock surimi         18,852      18,662       3,627      4,854
Cod Surimi              2,014       2,081         374        467
Threadfin bream         3,912       4,469         729        943
Salted/dried                 
Herring roe               717         456         842        473
Pollock roe               153         122         289        196
Salmon roe                712         720         797        666
Shellfish
Live/fresh
Sea urchin                862         588         566        448
Arkshell                  615         803         312        321
Spiny lobster             157         151         448        449
King crab               2,196       2,173       1,383      1,240
Tanner crab             2,233       1,529         602        449
Blue crab                 254         231         268        261
Other crab                511         736         387        672
Oyster                  1,071         929         923        856
Clam                    1,854       2,253         409        454
Frozen                       
Spiny lobster             505         409         904        579
Lobster                    52          83         128        161
Shrimp                 22,593      23,056      30,739     26,090
King crab               2,228       2,119       3,535      2,847
Tanner crab             2,087       2,390       2,159      2,226
Blue crab               3,108         975       1,336        387
Other crab                 86          48          58         25
European cuttlefish       641         856         379        334
Octopus                10,633       5,507       4,529      1,853
Scallop                    11          38          12         28
Other cuttlefish        2,695       2,681       1,563      1,683
Squid                      73       2,961          16        386
Abalone                    28          30         158         80
Salted/dried                 
Squid                     115          37          73         26
Sea urchin roe             22          24          77         74
Jellyfish                 780       1,484         233        386
Seaweed, dried            531         508         276        293
Seaweed, salted           485         649          48         61
Prepared                     
Eel                     3,686       3,496       4,247      3,740
Canned crab                 7          15          12         15
Fish meal              26,657      30,525       1,477      1,799

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N/A - Not available; - = no imports

Source:  NMFS, Long Beach, CA
Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

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